For the second time in just over a month, Ontario Liberal leadership hopeful Gerard Kennedy was in Greater Sudbury telling supporters why he should be the party's next leader.

Kennedy stopped at Signatures in Chelmsford Sunday afternoon to address a dozen members of the Nickel Belt Liberal Party Riding Association. Then in the evening he was at the Tim Hortons on Algonquin Road glad-handing anyone with a question to ask.

Kennedy went over what the Liberal party would look like if he were selected to lead it.

"I want to have a shift of power away from the leader's office. I have a plan where members of the party can call me to an accountability session where my performance would be evaluated," Kennedy said.

He has explained that this mechanism would open the door for party members to recall a leader before a leadership review. During his visit in November he told the Star he would like to see a recall system established in the province to recall MPPs if there were enough people who wanted to do so.

Kennedy said he wouldn't call an election right away, despite not holding a seat at Queen's park. He last held public office as MP for Parkdale-High Park but lost his re-election bid in 2011.

"I know some people aren't happy with what the government did (prorogation). I intend to have our party govern right away. There's a risk of devaluation (from credit rating agencies) if we don't govern right away. We have to do things in a Liberal way to get away from that prospect. I don't think calling an election right away will do that."

Kennedy said the Liberals could do well to work with other parties -- well, at least one of them.

"There's not just one way to do it, there are many ways to work with the opposition. I think there are ways to work with the NDP. The conservatives are pushing Hudak for an election, so I don't think there's much use trying to work with them."

Many Liberal party members in Nickel Belt expressed frustration over the OLG's decision to end its relationship with the horse-racing industry.

"Clearly, there has to be a transition process for the horse-racing industry. (OLG modernization) was not well implemented. There is a better answer to be had. We have to look at the options," Kennedy said.

In November, he said the decision to sell off Ontario Northland should be "revisited," but not necessarily reversed right away.

On developing the North, Kennedy didn't think setting up another level of government in the region would help much. Glen Murray, another Liberal leadership hopeful, has promised the North more autonomy through a regional body.

Kennedy proposes spending in the North be tied more closely to the GDP created here has opposed the the population generating that GDP. "The North has to have the benefit of the doubt. We have to look at the GDP that comes out of the North and not just the population when we figure out who gets funding and development," Kennedy said.

One woman at Signatures said she was a high school teacher, and asked Kennedy as former education minister what he thought of Bill 115, which has teachers engaged in job actions across the province.

"Bill 115 was a mistake. There was no need for this to happen. As premier I would restore teachers' ability to negotiate," he said, joking that he "will keep the part of the bill people like and get rid of the stuff people don't like.